Many people mention that Italian food is pizza and pasta. Do Italians only eat pizza and pasta?

It's also a pity that some restaurants are under the banner of Italian restaurants, but the menu is bacon pizza, durian pizza, fruit pizza, or tomato pasta, spaghetti with meat sauce, seafood pasta and so on. However, no matter how many flavors you have, pizza or pizza, pasta or pasta, it is more appropriate to change the name to pizza pasta restaurant.

Even though Italian cuisine is not as rich as Chinese cuisine, the status of Italian cuisine in the world is still quite high. There are thousands of dishes with a long history, which have had a profound impact on the catering in Europe and the United States, and have exhibited a variety of factions including French food and American food, and have the reputation of "the mother of western food".

Let's take stock of several classic Italian dishes, because pizza and pasta are widely known, so we ignore them. But there is one thing that many domestic pizza and pasta are different from authentic Italian Naples pizza and pasta. If nothing else, fresh spaghetti is more popular than dry spaghetti in supermarkets, especially in northern Italy, and the proportion of tomato sauce is also light.

1. risotto

risotto originated in northern Italy, which is rich in rice, and is a special dish in Milan. This is an Italian classic dish in which rice grains are cooked into creamy texture with stock. First, put the butter in a pot and heat it to melt, then add onion, wine and broth. Then add rice and cook it slowly under slow fire, and finally add seasoning and topping. Finally, it is creamy, rich in texture and rich in flavor.

Authentic risotto is medium-cooked raw rice, which is hard for Asians who are used to cooked rotten rice to accept. Broth is usually based on meat, fish or vegetables. Butter, wine, saffron and onions are added to stew rice in many places.

2. Milan veal/Osso buco alla Milanese

risotto alla milanese is usually served as the first course in Italy, which is served separately before the second course, but risotto Milanese is served together with ossio bucoalla Milanese.

The beef tendon with bone here is a super feature of Milan cuisine! Tenderness calf leg is made by slowly stewing white wine and fragrant vanilla sauce (gremolata, a seasoning made of lemon peel, garlic and parsley).

traditionally, the side dishes are risotto or corn porridge, depending on the regional differences. When you have finished eating meat and vegetables, don't get up and leave in a hurry, because the best part of this dish is the creamy bone marrow scooped from the bones of veal.